ROSE: radiology, obstruction, symptoms and exposure – a Delphi consensus definition of the association of COPD and bronchiectasis by the EMBARC Airways Working Group

The coexistence of COPD and bronchiectasis seems to be common and associated with a worse prognosis than for either disease individually. However, no definition of this association exists to guide researchers and clinicians.We conducted a Delphi survey involving expert pulmonologists and radiologists from Europe, Turkey and Israel in order to define the "COPD- [bronchiectasis] BE association".A panel of 16 experts from EMBARC selected 35...